Gary,
My '73 does have a resistor wire. Measuring the voltage at the coil
with the key "on" gives about 9V (with the car running it is about
11V). While cranking, the voltage will be boosted to 12+V (whatever
your battery can give you).
Jay
On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 11:26 PM, Gary Fluke wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I'm having a hell of a time starting my 6 which is stuck at my Mom's
> house,
> parked on her fairly steep driveway. Not only is the starter motor
> weak, but
> the spark is more yellow than blue. My understanding is that a yellow
> spark
> is weak and that the spark should be blue, is that correct? I even
> tried
> starting fluid and had no luck.
>
> I replaced the coil a couple of years ago with a Crane PS-20 from Moss
> and now
> have the resistance numbers from the manufacturer, so I'll check that.
> This
> coil is to be used with the ballast resistor that came with it, which
> I am
> doing.
>
> Looking at the electrical schematic in the owner's manual for my '73 I
> find no
> ballast resistor shown. The schematic I got off the internet (I can't
> remember the guys name, but there was some conversation on the list
> about the
> source) doesn't show a ballast resistor but it does have a wire labeled
> "ballast resistor wire". Could this be a wire with a certain
> resistance
> instead of the ceramic type resistor commonly used? I'm going to
> check this
> out with my meter for sure. If the wire has significant resistance
> and is in
> series with my ballast resistor, then I've got way too much voltage
> drop.
>
> Also, I am going to bypass the existing ballast resistor and see what
> that
> does for the spark.
>
> Just the other day I checked my timing and had 4deg ATDC at idle and
> the
> advance seemed to be working fine. The dwell was 34deg, which I
> believe is
> correct. The points are about 6,000 miles old and the contacts look
> good.
> When it starts, the car runs great. I just rebuilt the carbs,
> primarily to
> make the car start better. Didn't someone said 90% of carb problems
> are
> electrical?
>
> Does anyone have comments?
>
> By the way, has anyone heard from Dick Taylor lately?
>
> Gary
> '73
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